The Dallas Cowboys’ season got off to a promising start with a strong performance against the Cleveland Browns. Unfortunately, that momentum did not continue into week two.
The Cowboys played the New Orleans Saints in Dallas on Sunday, and it was hard to find the positives.
The Saints ran for almost five yards per carry and scored on their first six possessions in a 44-19 victory.
Cowboys star quarterback Dak Prescott, who recently signed the largest contract in NFL history, threw multiple interceptions. When asked about his and the team’s performance after the game, Prescott stressed keeping a level head week-to-week.
“I can’t say that we were pressing, necessarily, going from last week to this week,” Prescott said via the Cowboys’ official website. “As I said, there’s some things that we wanted to get better at. We got better at third down this week, but now it’s the red zone. I think if we scored some touchdowns, it makes the defense feel a little bit better and it’s a whole different feel within the game for both sides of the ball.
“I mean I talked about how much meat we left on the bone offensively, and that’s simply why you can’t listen to other people’s opinions and then read what you guys write, respectfully. I mean, yeah, y’all may have put this team on a high [probably] more than we should have been [after Week 1], and now we just simply got to reset. We’ve got to respond.
“We’re not going undefeated, haven’t been done in 50 years. Woo. Surprise. So it’s about getting back to it and finding a way to respond to put the best team on the field next week.”
Dallas and Prescott will have a chance to respond next week against a floundering Baltimore Ravens team.
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